From the Rolls-Royce experimental archive: a quarter of a million communications from Rolls-Royce, 1906 to 1960's. Documents from the Sir Henry Royce Memorial Foundation (SHRMF).
Broken axle parts, specifically the locking plate and crown wheel, on a B.44.FB.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 102\4\ scan0106 | |
| Date | 22th June 1939 | |
| BY/SB.{Mr Bull/Mr Bannister} Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/GWH.{George W. Hancock - Head Chateauroux}20/G.22.6.39. RE: B.44.FB. REPORT K.177. Re: your memo BY/SB.{Mr Bull/Mr Bannister}9/MG.14.6.39. Herewith is a sketch of the parts that broke, and were damaged on the axle of B.44.FB. It was assumed that the locking plate broke and fouled the nuts holding the crown wheel, or it may be that the studs failed first holding the crown wheel, and the nuts fouled the locking plate and broke it up. We have no parts left of this, as the broken pieces were put in the scrap box. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/GWH.{George W. Hancock - Head Chateauroux} | ||